Next season... crystal ball time....

So.. trying to cast your eye towards next season... what kind of a year do you think we will have?

I actually think we will have a decent season and finish around 7-9th.

I do expect us to recruit well in the summer, although I expect HBA and Santon may be out of the door. Add to that, Marv, Shola, Remy going, Jonas and Colo so we could be looking at 10 players or more incoming (one of them being LDJ).

Given the size of the rebuilding job I expect to see us move early in the transfer market so that the players have a full preseason together to work on tactics etc.

Pulling all of the above together we will have a wobbly start.... slowly building into a stronger finish as the new recruits get used to playing together.

I'm in a rare mood of optimism.... but that could be down to the warm glow..

 

You just don't know with Ashley what is going to happen, he is as likely to open up funds for rebuilding as he is to bung Mourinho £20 million to take the Chelsea 1st Team on loan.

 

I don't really share in the optimism here. There will be an exodus this summer I reckon, and seeing as Ashley has previously demonstrated he is rather tight with the purse strings I don't think we'll get much in the form of quality replacement. He'll probably invest enough in order to 'get by'.

 

I reckon he is going to invest massively Sir Alan will lead us to the champions league.

We'll probably still get beat off the smellie though

 

I've heard from a good sauce that Pards is going to Chelsea with Mourinho coming up here.

 

HP

 

Not Harry Potter, but close.

 

I suppose that its inevitable when you are as good as Pards that the big boys will poach you.

 

I've heard some of our guys saying they'd like him poached on toast.

 

I honestly believethere could be several top players leave

Santon
Tiote
Debuchie
Cisse
Krul

some of or more.

But I think our scouting and dossiers we have built up means we will bring in a lot of new players (maybe un proven, taking a chance)

I think we will have a struggle to overtake any of the teams above us (except sutton) but I cannot see any from beneath us overtaking us.

So 7 - 9th in the league


After the backlash this year I think Pards will put out stronger teams in the cups


No derby games will be a bit of a miss but I will get used to it over the years.


Outside chance Ashley may sell cos I think we are looking like a well ran club with potential so a big time buyer may come in. I do not want to swap a billionaire for billionaire I want a a mega millionaire and not like that daft **** at cardiff.

Im not desperate to get rid of MA its not my money he is using.

 

I think we will see Debuchy and Remy leave. I think Tiote could well go too.

I can't believe you classed Santon and Cisse as top players Clockwork

 

Santon's our best waver.

 

I think we'll lose Marveaux, Shola, Remy, Gosling, Cisse, Ben Arfa and not much else to be honest. It will cost someone 15m plus for Debuchy, he's first choice RB for France, Arsenal are trying to tie down Sagna, PSG have Van Der Wiel & Jallet and he's not quite Bayern Munich class. Can't see him going there either.

I think we'll bring in Cabella, Grenier, De Jong on a permanent, we'll try for Remy on a permanent, failing that we'll sign another striker and that will be about our lot. So we'll still have a smallish squad and be one striker light and one winger light but should be enough for another top half campaign.

 

Can understand your terror of having to play Sunderland again but I am afraid you will just have to get used to it and who knows one day Sunderland may have an off day

 

Keep calm.

 

Squad for next season:

Krul
Alex McCarthy (genuine competition for Krul)
Elliott

Debuchy
Trippier
Haidara
Dummett
Tavenier (loan out)

Caulker
MYM
Willo
Colo
Mbabu (loan out)
Streete (loan out)

Tiote
Bigiriama (loan out)
Abeid (loan out)
Anita
Ki
Grenier
Gauld

Cabella
Remy
Gouffran
Sissoko

De Jong
Ings
Rhodes
Campbell (loan out)
Amrstrong (loan out)

Players IN: McCarthy, Trippier, Caulker, Grenier, Ki, Gauld, Cabella, Rhodes, Ings - just the 9 then
Players OUT: Saylor, Santon, Jonas, HBA, Marveaux, Gosling, Ameobi's, Overrun, Vuckic, Ferguson, Amalfitano, Raylor (retired) - just the 13 going out

I reckon Mike will be up for this................................

 

They were and should still be also HBA and don't laugh at me Im volatile

 

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